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US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate | TechCrunch

  • Zack Whittaker--TechCrunch
  • published date: 2026-08-26 17:03:18 UTC

The FBI has seized domains associated with a botnet that allowed Chinese-backed hackers to breach several U.S. government departments.

The FBI has seized a series of domains that were used by a large-scale botnet to coordinate and launch China-backed cyberattacks against American targets. According to the Justice Department’s state… [+1839 chars]